Beyoncé has broken her own records at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after concluding her six-night run in London earlier this week.

The string of Cowboy Carter Tour dates welcomed over 275,000 fans and grossed more than £45m (€53m/$60m), making it the most tickets and highest gross for any artist in the stadium’s history.

A new survey from research firm EY has offered encouragement to festivals and other live events that are investing in sustainability. Its first ‘Media & Entertainment Pulse Poll’ asked more than 4,000 people in the US, UK, western Europe and Asia-Pacific about their attitudes. It found that when buying entertainment experiences, 69% of the people surveyed would pay extra for locally-sourced food, and 67% for contributions to local communities.

Following a successful expansion of the brand into New York with a successful event in 2024, the team behind the All Things Go festival announced they will be launching in Toronto this year as well.

The fest will make its Toronto debut on October 4 & 5th at the city’s Budweiser stage. While details on the event, including a lineup, have yet to be revealed, organizers promise updates in the coming weeks.

A new platform has launched enabling independent artists to engage with fans and deliver event ticketing, exclusive merchandise, and digital content experiences.

OpenWav is an AI-powered platform for monetisation, fan engagement and creative ownership for independent artists. The model allows independent and rising artists to generate meaningful revenue in the world of streaming.

StubHub International has reportedly threatened to stop operating in the UK should a proposed price cap on resale tickets be implemented.

Speaking to the Financial Times yesterday (Sunday), StubHub International chief executive chief executive Bob Kupbens said that “even at 30%, we feel very strongly that would make it very challenging for us to operate” in the UK.

Just a day after it started, Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival 2025 has been entirely canceled due to extreme weather.

The four-day event, which drew 70,000 attendees last year, began yesterday in Manchester, TN, with artists including Tyler, the Creator, Olivia Rodrigo and Vampire Weekend booked for headlining spots through Sunday night. But organizers nixed the rest of the event after “significant” precipitation produced deteriorating conditions.

illy Jones, the owner and music director of the the Brooklyn concert venue Baby’s All Right and a longtime fixture of New York’s music scene, died on June 5th. He was 45.

Brooklyn Vegan reported that Jones died after he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer.

A new survey from research firm EY has offered encouragement to festivals and other live events that are investing in sustainability.

Its first ‘Media & Entertainment Pulse Poll’ asked more than 4,000 people in the US, UK, western Europe and Asia-Pacific about their attitudes.

The live scene is, allegedly, in an uphill battle. Festivals face cancellations, travel costs are rising, and grassroots venues are struggling. Success stories like the ‘Eras’ tour and the Oasis reunion boosted year-on-year stats within the industry, but is this a sign of long-term growth or merely a blip? 

An in-depth investigation into large scale ticket touting in the UK by the BBC has seen claims come to light that now-convicted fraudsters received inside help when buying and selling large quantities of tickets for inflated prices.

Prolific touts Peter Hunter and David Smith were jailed in 2020 for fraudulently trading tickets between 2010 and 2017, while Maria Chenery-Woods (the so-called Ticket Queen), Paul Douglas, Mark Woods and Lynda Chenery were convicted of fraudulent trading offences in 2024. They all utilised resale sites StubHub, Viagogo and the now-defunct Ticketmaster-owned GetMeIn! and Seatwave, which were closed in 2018.

A new report published today (Thursday) by Music Australia has found that live music contributed A$4.83bn ($2.3bn/€2.7bn/$3.1bn) in revenue, and A$1.44bn in direct GVA in 2023-2024. Live music performances also brought in A$105m in export revenue.

The figures were published in The Bass Line: Charting the Economic Contribution of Australia’s Music Industry, which was commissioned by Music Australia and undertaken by McAtamney & Advisors.

RockForce, the live entertainment industry workforce and production solutions provider, announced the expansion of its operations with the opening of a new Nashville office.

The Nashville office will be led by Executive Vice President of Business Development Jeremy Young, a new Vice President of Operations, and will serve as home base for RockForce companies The Production Collective and Collective Payroll.

True Tickets has announced the a ticket resale feature, giving performing arts venues and cultural institutions the ability to take control of secondary ticketing market sales for their events.

According to True Tickets, the tools available through its PatronSafe Ticket Resale allow venues to define resale policies down to the ticket level—including whether a ticket can be resold at all—along with custom rules for price caps, price floors, timing windows, and authorized resale channels. The system also enables venues to capture valuable buyer data.

International hip-hop festival Rolling Loud is coming to India, in partnership with ticketing app District by Zomato, which will also produce the two-day event that will take place in Mumbai. The festival, the dates and venue for which are yet to be announced, will feature a mix of international and domestic acts across two stages.

Live music and hospitality operator VENU Holding Corporation announced it has broken ground on Sunset Amphitheater powered by EIGHT Elite Light Beer, a brand-new live entertainment venue located in the City of McKinney, Texas.

The 20,000-capacity amphitheater will feature a flexible configuration along with a canopied roof and wind-walls, allowing for year-round performances. Located on 46 acres near I-75 and Highway 121, the amphitheater is expected to open its doors in the third quarter of 2026.

CTS Eventim is establishing a dedicated business unit called Media House, “to unlock new potential in marketing, reach and content experience,” according to the press announcement.

Dr Marc Schumacher will lead the development and operations of the new unit as senior vice president Media House effective July 1, 2025. The experienced brand and media manager will report to CTS Eventim CEO Klaus-Peter Schulenberg.

Estonian ticketing company Piletilevi PLG announced a significant regional expansion with the acquisition of the prominent Czech and Slovak ticket sales platform Ticketportal.

The acquisition strengthens PLG’s position in the international market, expanding its reach across Central and Eastern Europe. Following the close of the deal on June 12, Piletilevi now operates in seven European countries.

Event production and creative media services company Concert Stuff Group (CSG) has announced the acquisition of 7 Cinematics, an award-winning live concert broadcasting and cinematic production company. 7 Cinematics has built a strong reputation for live concert broadcasts, with recent projects including performances by artists such as Tyler Childers, Imagine Dragons, KISS, and Dead & Company. According to CSG, the acquisition will bolster its capabilities, enabling the company to deliver both live events and broadcast-quality content.

A scheme set up by the Irish government to support grassroots music venues has distributed its first €500k in funding.

33 venues are included in the cohort for the Grassroots Music Venues Support scheme, which was announced in March this year. 96 venues applied, and 16 of the 33 chosen for funding are outside major cities.

The “Jonas20: Living the Dream Tour” will now be living the downgrade, at least in a half-dozen cities.

Jonas Brothers concerts set for stadiums in six U.S. locales this summer have been outrightly canceled, and new shows in arenas or amphitheaters will take their place. Fans were informed of the news Friday in email messages sent from Ticketmaster and on the Brothers’ Instagram account.

September Management founder Jonathan Dickins participated in a rare on-stage interview at SXSW London on Friday (June 6).

Speaking with broadcaster Edith Bowman, Dickins reflected on his 20-year journey from being “a pretty average A&R guy at a major record company” to managing some of the biggest artists in the world – including superstar Adele.

Performances from Vampire Weekend, Olivia Rodrigo, Luke Combs, Modest Mouse, Mt. Joy and Tyler, The Creator are among others included in the schedule.